Climate justice in India
- 1st ed.
- United Kingdom Cambridge University Press 2022
- xx,264p.
1. Introduction climate justice Introduction India 2. Urban climate justice in India 3. How just and Democratic is India's solar energy transition? an analysis of state solar policies in India 4. Extractive regimes in the coal heartlands of India: difficult questions for a just energy transition 5. Climate justice implication of the relationship between economic inequality and carbon emissions in India 6. Climate action plans and justice in India 7. Social mobilization for climate action climate justice in India 8. Reimagining climate justice as caste justice 9. Intersectional water justice in India: at the confluence of gender, caste and climate change 10. Realizing climate justice through agroecology and Women's collective land rights 11. Conclusion pathways to policies and praxis of climate justice in India
Explains the justice implications for the society and economy of a global climate hotspot. It synthesizes the historical, social, economic, and political roots of climate vulnerability in India and articulates a research and policy agenda for collective democratic deliberations and action. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.
English
978-1009171915
Climatic changes--Social aspects India Environmental justice